XP Shutdown hangs when USB hub attached :(

I recently bought a Lenovo 3000 N500 notebook (running XP) , and love it. One slight problem though, I have a Belkin F5U271 USB Hub plugged into it all the time, on my desk, and everytime I shut down with it attached, I get as far as 'Windows is shutting Down...' and it just stays there, the fans stop, theres no hdd activity, and it doesnt happen if the hub is detached. I'm assuming its to do with phantom power through the USB, but any thoughts you guys?

I have the same problem when I leave my expresscard34 multimedia reader in the expresscard34 slot in my T400s with XP SP3.
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